Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD - The Lowdown on the format war

The goal of the current Blu-ray and HD-DVD is faster to support the public is ultimately the consumer who decides which is the first place. Talks with the club is not up to you to decide which format to adopt. To deal with this difficult decision on how each format matches below Lowdown.

History

Blu-ray leads deles companies Sony and Philips, Hitachi and Toshiba HD-SECTIONDVD. Dienstagt is not the first time that both parties opposed the formats. The DVD format was born from the collaboration of the Multimedia Compact Disc from Sony / Philips (mmcd) and the Super Density Disc (SD) from Toshiba. Even if it has expired and the consumer with the DVD format is widely accepted and the new standard, Toshiba, which I think quecomme costs.
This led to the new formats Werkle Sony Botrán alongside some of its lost market share farn. The two projects, but also in production, but not really anywhere for the moment. Sony Professional Disc Data (DEP), the Blu-ray format, while Toshiba Advanced Optical Disc for HD DVD. This brings us back to the situation where there are two competing formats for seulette much less likely.

Technology

Both Blu-ray and HD-DVD has a wavelength of 405 nm, but the lowest level of the track, the Blu-ray (see Blu-ray Disc), you can find more Informationenund a larger capacity. However, the difference in tone, that the path of the two formats are not. The surface of the two is also in HD-DVD uses a 0.6mm layer similar to DVD-Blu-ray, from a low of 0.1 mmplastique.
This difference is the main reason why the cost is higher with the Blu-ray. Costly production methods are needed to the hard drive and a coating must be resistant to aplicarsepara discs jam Confederation fingerrabdrücke.

Capacity

Blu-ray currently offers 25 GB drives in a single layer and 50GB double layer. But TDK is working on a hard disk of 200 GB, the 6x33gb layers.
HD DVDest comes with a 15 GB single layer and 30 GB for double layer. The best evidence so far reached only 60 GB 45gb is the theoretical limit. This shows that the maximum for HD-DVD is larger than 10 GB Blu-ray can offer.

Codecs

Both formats use the same video codecs zu play, because they are both capable of playing standard and high definition. This means that the MPEG-2, Microsoft Video Codec 1 (aka VC1, WMV-HD, etc.) and H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC will be supported both formats ETS.

Security

Both Blu-ray discs and HD-DVDs use HDCP encrypted output and the Advanced Access Content System (AACS). Both HDCP and AACS are mandatory for all high-definition video discs.
Blu-ray ROM also includes the technology and dynamic generiertenWasserzeichen cifradoclaves BD specifications to other discs.
HD-DVD uses a similar system in the volume of the identification technology.

Support

Both formats are fuertemente Consumer Electronics (CE) and Information Technology (IT) industry. But Blu-ray has more big name video game and studies to support it is important to have a tape ready for the start. Below is a list of studies:

Blu-ray

20th Century Fox
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Electronic Arts
MGM Studios
Paramount Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment
The Walt Disney Company
Vivendi Universal Games
Warner Bros.

HD-DVD

Buena Vista Home Entertainment
New Line Cinema
Paramount Pictures
The Walt Disney Company
Universal Studios
Warner Bros.

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